In the digital age, the existence of dealerships is threatened as car buying migrates to online platforms and smaller boutique stores. However, vehicle subscriptions offer an opportunity for dealerships and new entrants to add value to their archaic business models. Vehicle subscriptions offer a new form of temporary car ownership with the flexibility and convenience to switch programs, swap vehicles, and have no or low down payments, no penalties and a worry-free ownership experience.

Key Takeaways:
• Learn how vehicle subscription is evolving
• Discover strategies from leading industry experts (OEMs and non-OEMs) targeting this space
• Understand factors critical to the success of the vehicle subscription service

Regional truck sales are mainly cyclical and closely linked to economic growth rates, so OEMs and technology companies are steadily building new revenue streams. Growing regulatory and societal push for zero emission, zero accident vehicles is resulting in global truck and bus OEMs gradually investing in full electric powertrain architectures as well as deploying autonomous driving technology. The focus on these technologies by conventional manufacturers is further fueled by product developments from start-ups and technology companies.

But how commercially ready are these technologies? What innovations are they encouraging?

The global automotive aftermarket is undergoing a massive transformation. Some of the significant disruptors picked up the pace in 2017 and will continue to change supply and demand dynamics in 2018 and beyond. The briefing will highlight some of these short-term market shifts (e.g., North America will lag in aftermarket growth in 2018 while India and Latin America will see sharp upticks) as well as medium- and long-term trends such as digital B2B.

Key Takeaways:
· Understand the main factors that will influence the size of the global automotive aftermarket.
· Discover the emerging regions served, or underserved, by automotive parts and services suppliers.
· Participate in an interactive question-and-answer session with Frost & Sullivan experts.

Globally, OEMs must capitalize on the inclination toward complete digitization as this will have a significant impact on the evolution of the transport and logistics industry post-2018. Trucks are operating in a complex environment, and accurate and timely information about weather, traffic, and other real-time intelligence is crucial for data-driven smart city initiatives. As the trucking industry moves closer to complete connectivity and autonomous technology, data privacy and cybersecurity will continues to gain higher in priority.

Expert Insights You Will Not Want to Miss:
• Learn about regional market outlooks and opportunities for connected trucks
• Discover pivotal developments in connected truck telematics and vendors to watch
• Identify opportunities for evolving technologies and regulatory mandates

Data may be a company's ultimate valued asset, but few are maximizing its economic benefit. Equipped with data, new companies are disrupting established industries, and traditional businesses are transforming the way they operate. Not all organizations are equally skilled at translating data into currencies, but their caliber to do so is impacting their ability to compete.

Self-learning artificial intelligence (AI) in cars is anticipated to be one of the most extensive disruptions in the automotive industry. The technology is the key to unlocking fully autonomous cars and enhancing value for end users by enabling OEMs to diversify from a product focus to service focus. Frost & Sullivan recognizes four levels of evolution between 2016 and 2025 that would lead to various use-case scenarios on which industry participants can capitalize. Nevertheless, the market potential has attracted technology companies to participate in AI development, which, in turn, will lead to the disruption in the automotive industry value chain.

Expert Insights You Will Not Want to Miss:

· Understand the self-learning car roadmap to reformulate the product planning strategy.
· Explore the technology focus and its applications to prepare for the transformation in the industry.
· Learn more about the involvement of technology companies in the development of cars and how automakers are cooperating with them.

Join Frost & Sullivan's Mobility experts as they provide a strategic outlook for 2018 and explain the predominant challenges that could hinder market growth.

Expert Insight You Don’t Want to Miss:
· Gain insights on the key events that dominated the market in 2017
· Understand the evolving disruptive trends driving the automotive market in 2018
· Learn how the developments will have an impact on the various automotive ecosystem player
· Identify the critical opportunity areas that will emerge in the automotive market in 2018

• Learn how flying car taxis could transform our world and the commercial applications predicted by 2035.
• Explore technologic advancements as vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), artificial intelligence, HD mapping and electrification the opportunities they present.
• Hear real-world use cases on how flying car companies have conducted test flights and the results of those ventures.

The business of selling cars, parts and services is undergoing tremendous disruption at every level. From omni-channel retailing to digital dealers to Uberization of service, the downstream automotive ecosystem is expected to be completely transformed in the next 10-15 years. Frost & Sullivan predicts that nearly $50 billion automotive parts will be sold online globally by 2020. Similarly, nearly 70% of car sales leads will be fully digital by 2020. However, these disruptive forces also present challenges. For instance, the rise of Amazon is set to completely transform car sales and aftermarket models. In this scenario, OEMs will have to recalibrate their strategies while protecting their investments in current sales footprints.

Mobile-based freight matching will be the biggest disrupter transforming the North American transportation industry—a $700 billion industry. On-demand freight mobility apps will bring in high asset utilization among smaller fleets, help reduce logistics costs for shippers due to lower brokerage fees, ease capacity crunch, reduce empty return miles that are currently about 20 billion miles, and also help reduce emissions. Mobile-based freight will also disrupt the brokerage industry, currently valued at $50 billion, and is likely to become a $26.4 billion market by 2025. Other notable apps will be the complementary freight optimization and driver utility apps, with a potential to grow into a $9 billion market.

2017 is expected to see global light vehicle sales crossing 93 million units, with growth in the US and Western European markets balancing the slowdown in China and Japan. Ridesharing, intelligent mobility and big data analytics are key trends that will influence the market. This briefing analyzes emerging market trends and makes bold predictions for 2017.

Product as a service will dominate industry narrative as proliferation of electronics and connected truck technologies creates new logistics business models. Moreover, concerns about global economic and geopolitical stability, along with concerns about strength of BRIC economies, are creating the need for recalibration of business strategies. Green, safe, connected smart trucks will be in demand. Autonomous mobility and digital freight brokering technologies are expected to receive more industry interest, and telematics technologies and business models will adapt to these changes. 2017 is also expected to experience rising product and market convergence as the value truck segment rises in prominence globally.

Demand for improved efficiency in the rail industry is expected to drive the market for advanced asset and fleet management tools, new rolling stock, and upgrades to rail infrastructure. Rail OEMs, operators and service providers are expected to expand capabilities in predictive analytics and remote asset management, and also focus on prognostics, safety enhancements, and wireless security solutions. Rail companies across the industry are expected to adopt new business strategies and launch new services through mergers and acquisitions.

In a recent Frost & Sullivan event organized in collaboration with IBM, along with digital heads of major OEMs and suppliers on the eve of the Paris Motor show, it was concluded that by 2020, Internet-connected vehicles will be the number one application, transmitting over 350 KB of data per minute. The event determined that digitization in the automotive industry will be primarily defined by five key pillars and will have a spiral effect on other industries:

The trucking industry today is focused on finding solutions to driver shortages, safety regulation compliance pressures, fuel efficiency enhancement demands, and higher driver productivity. That solution will be autonomous trucks. All truck OEMs are prioritizing some level of automated driving into their strategic plans to develop a sustainable transport solution for years to come as trucking provides the perfect platform for reaching the full potential of autonomous vehicles. The building blocks toward an autonomous truck include four main technological pillars: driveline, connectivity/communication, sensors, and algorithms/software. However, the process is expected to be slow as regulations, technology, liability, consumer adoption and societal concerns still need to be addressed.

The Latin America Automotive Market in 2015 declined by about 3% and the trend is expected to continue toward 2016. However, in terms of long-term sustainability, advancements in vehicle segment and in-vehicle features are becoming key differentiators. Moreover, disruption in the market in terms of new mobility business models is evident. This briefing will discuss the various aspects of change and evolution that the LATAM automotive landscape is experiencing and highlight the various opportunities for growth.

Autonomous cars are heavily reliant on existing infrastructure such as road signs, markings, etc., to navigate. However, the required infrastructure to support autonomous driving is subpar at most in many regions. To ensure that autonomous cars can continue driving autonomously, they require high-definition maps that can “fill in the blanks” (e.g., missing lane markings or signs can be checked on the map). This briefing will discuss where HD maps fit into the autonomous driving ecosystem, HD maps adoption, and threats to automotive navigation players by geospatial companies.

Why You Must Attend:
· What hardware and software approaches are industry players looking into as the industry moves from disruption to commercialization of autonomous driving?
· Industry is now at the cusp of a convergence between various technology programs. What new business opportunities are likely to evolve from the emergence of aspects like new mobility services and auto insurance?
· The US and EU are seeing growth of new autonomous test beds. How important are independent test beds and programs in the wider development and acceptance of autonomous driving?

Adoption of new technologies in logistics has become imperative for industry participants as supply chain visibility, faster delivery timelines, and focus on saving costs without compromising on service offerings are becoming norms of day-to-day business across industries. Technology advancements are not just bridging the gap of efficiencies; they are providing the industry with new channels and business models, and hence a new dimension to evolution. Adoption of these technologies is not a matter of gaining an edge over competitors, but a matter of survival.

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